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Research KPIs disadvantage staff in FSTE

Posted 7 December 2011 by Graeme Byrne (La Trobe University)

The Faculty of Science Technology and Engineering 'Research KPI' scheme places unrealistic research expectations on academics with disturbing implications for their workloads, promotion prospects, reputation and academic freedom.

NTEU seeks to have the FSTE Research KPIs withdrawn, or for the scheme to be significantly reworked to take into consideration both methodological and equity concerns.   Our viewpoint is set out in a Discussion Paper which analyses citation data collected for over 40,000 articles in the Information Systems and Statistics disciplines.   The paper has received an initial response from the Faculty (both published below).

Please join in the discussion by posting your feedback on this blog or by emailing: nteu@latrobe.edu.au .

Discussion Paper
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The Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)

Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: ERA, wms, workload management system, la trobe, LTU, FSTE Research KPIs,

Citation data collected for over 40,000 articles in the Information systems and Statistics disciplines demonstrate that the FSTE Research KPI scheme disadvantages academics in relation to workloads, promotion, reputation and academic freedom.

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FSTE initial response on Research KPIs

Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, research, wms, equity, FSTE Research KPIs,

This is a Faculty response to the NTEU discussion paper, "The Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)".

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